So… I spent the better part of 30 years working as a range scientist. My specialty was grassland restoration; mostly converting old cottonfield to some version of native grasses and forbs.
Glyphosate (aka RoundUp) loomed large in my tool kit. A common first step was to eradicate old world bluestem, tall fescue and other exotics in preparation for seeding. I boom-sprayed many acres, and though I wor…